Phyllis A. Kravitch

Personal

Birthday: 
1920
Birthplace: 
Savanah, GA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Female
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Savannah, Georgia, 1944-1976
Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, Eastern Judicial Circuit, 1977-1979

Education

Name of School: 
Goucher College
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1941
Name of School - Second: 

University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1943

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Court Name: 

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating: 
Jimmy Carter
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
3/23/1979
Termination Date: 
10/1/1981
Termination Reason: 
Reassignment
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second: 
10/1/1981
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
12/31/1996